Manchester City set to let Raheem Sterling leave as Chelsea prepare £50 million offer - Paper Round

City ready to let Sterling leave Manchester City are prepared to let Raheem Sterling leave for the right price, reports The Sun. The 27-year-old England international forward wants to leave before his contract runs out next year, preferring to find regular first team football. Chelsea are the current frontrunners for his signature and are ready to make a bid of £50 million for the player.

Ad/> /> Premier LeagueGranovskaia leaves director role as new Chelsea board named22/06/2022 AT 08:41 Paper Round’s view: City are generally fairly generous when it comes to letting players leave if they feel they have put the work in for them over the course of their stay. Sterling has always acted professionally and he has contributed over the course of a half-decade to a huge amount of City’s success. He will almost certainly continue to impress if he moves to Stamford Bridge.

Read the full story Everton playing chicken over Richarlison offer Tottenham want to sign Richarlison from Everton, and have also shown interest in young teammate Anthony Gordon. However, the Mirror claims that Everton are sticking to their £60m valuation of the Brazilian striker and will not consider part-exchange offers including Steven Bergwijn and Harry Winks. However the club must sell by June 30 in order to beat Financial Fair Play regulations.

/> Paper Round’s view: If Everton want to avoid points deductions, financial punishments or administrative and transfer embargos, then they will need to act quickly to be sure. Richarlison is perhaps their trophy player and can raise the biggest sum at short notice. It may be galling to have to take a hit on his true valuation, but that looks to be unavoidable now.